Below is a free speedtest for your IPS connection. This is a simple test to measure the upload (upstream) and download (downstream) capability of your Internet connection and gives a good estimate. The tester gives users two options, one for slower broadband lines (under 2Mbps) and one for those on faster access connections (2Mbps to [...]
During his presidential campaign President-elect Barack Obama made use of the Internet with great success and expressed his intention to protect the openness of the Internet by reinstating net neutrality during his first year in office. This includes a pledge that the principle of Net Neutrality would be applied by FCC commissioners during his administration. [...]
In October, Google’s share of Web searches by people in the U.S.A. rose to 71.7 percent, up from 71.2 percent in September and 64.5 percent in October of 2007, according to market research company Hitwise. This means that Google continued to increase its U.S. search share dominance in October, widening its lead over Yahoo and [...]
In the last century, while at college, we were taught and trained to work even with very few statistics and information sources. This situation of lack of data got worse if you were located in any one of the so called “less developed” countries, where finding up to date and relevant information was a very [...]
In the three East Balkan countries – Greece, Romania and Bulgaria – the telecommunications markets have been affected by the European Union mandated competition, causing decreasing prices and leading to the introduction of new services by both competing operators and incumbents alike. This latest research report offers an informative insight into the East Balkans region, covering regulatory [...]
Will the world economic crisis affect Internet growth or not, that is the question. Today the benchmark is, according to Internet World Stats research, the current digital media universe (aka Internet users) in the world that are estimated at 1,504,027,504 people, with a penetration rate of 22.5%. Details will be sent out on the next [...]